Word: tugged
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...contrivance for starting the tug-of-war in not yet used by the teams in practice...
...contrivance for starting a tug-of-war has been placed in the gymnasium to be tested. It consists of a flat board, across which two upright parallel boards are fixed, about six inches apart; the rope lies across the opening between these boards at right angles, and is pressed down between them and held firm in its place by a lever, fastened at one end to the floor...
...sophomore and freshman tug-of-war teams are now hard at work. The candidates for positions on the '89 team tug every afternoon on the cleats in the basement of the gymnasium from 5 to 5.30 p.m., The freshmen start in just as soon as '89 gets through and pull for half an hour. The sophomore candidates for anchor are Perry and Pfeiffer, while the freshmen trying for the same position are Higginson, Sturgis and Chamberlain...
...crowd was enormous, all the available room being occupied by the spectators. The following are the records made in each event: Standing high jump - F. Spaulding, '87, 4ft. 8in.; W. Spaulding, '87, 4ft. 7in. Putting the shot - Cook, '89, 34ft. 10 1/4in.; Wagenhurst, '88, second. Tug-of-war - in the first pull '89 and '90 tied, and in second, '90 won by two inches. '88, who drew the bye, won this event by pulling '90 20 inches. Running high jump - F. Spaulding, 5ft. 5in.; W. Spaulding, '87, 5ft. 4in. Light weight wrestling - first heat Denny, '87, threw L. Rice...
Yale has received a challenge from the Columbia Tug-of-War Team to pull under the rules of the Inter-collegiate Athletic Association. The challenge will be accepted and the contest will take place in New Haven on March...